Marijuana Crackdown By Obama: Yes, It’s Big Pharma

Steve Elliott

October 12, 2011

Federal prosecutors in the Obama Administration are going after medical marijuana dispensaries. How are pharmaceutical companies involved? Some leaders in this movement will actually tell you they aren’t; be very careful in whom you believe.

As pointed out on The Young Turks, this crackdown is nothing more than a process of eliminating the competition for Big Pharma. GW Pharmaceutical and other manufacturers want to take over the marijuana market with products like Sativex, a liquid extract of cannabis that contains both THC and CBD.

“Every single decision comes back to some lobbyist who paid for it,”Â Young TurksÂ hostÂ Cenk Uygur said.Â